As of January 2021, Panama owned the biggest fleet in terms of deadweight tonnage, as well as the quantity of ships in the world. Panama's fleet consisted of ships with a total deadweight tonnage of almost 340 million tons in 2021.
Deadweight tonnage of world merchant fleet by country of beneficial ownership as of January 1, 2021
(in million dwt)
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UNCTAD. (November 11, 2021). Deadweight tonnage of world merchant fleet by country of beneficial ownership as of January 1, 2021 (in million dwt) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/263889/dwt-of-merchant-fleets-worldwide-by-country-of-domicile/
UNCTAD. "Deadweight tonnage of world merchant fleet by country of beneficial ownership as of January 1, 2021 (in million dwt)." Chart. November 11, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263889/dwt-of-merchant-fleets-worldwide-by-country-of-domicile/
UNCTAD. (2021). Deadweight tonnage of world merchant fleet by country of beneficial ownership as of January 1, 2021 (in million dwt). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263889/dwt-of-merchant-fleets-worldwide-by-country-of-domicile/
UNCTAD. "Deadweight Tonnage of World Merchant Fleet by Country of Beneficial Ownership as of January 1, 2021 (in Million Dwt)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263889/dwt-of-merchant-fleets-worldwide-by-country-of-domicile/
UNCTAD, Deadweight tonnage of world merchant fleet by country of beneficial ownership as of January 1, 2021 (in million dwt) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263889/dwt-of-merchant-fleets-worldwide-by-country-of-domicile/ (last visited June 28, 2022)